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WI SB704
Bill
Status
Introduced
12/2/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jesse James
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AI Summary
- Department of Administration must attempt to ensure that certified woman-owned businesses receive 5 percent of total expenditures for architectural and engineering services each fiscal year
- Creates a statutory definition of "woman-owned business" as a business certified by DOA under section 16.285
- Requires DOA to include woman-owned businesses in annual reporting to the governor and legislature on contracts awarded and money paid under state procurement preferences
- Mirrors existing 5 percent procurement goal already in place for minority-owned businesses under current law
- Introduced December 2, 2025 by Senator James with bipartisan cosponsorship; referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
Legislative Description
Preferences for woman-owned businesses in state procurement for architectural and engineering services. (FE)
Last Action
Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
1/22/2026
Committee Referrals
Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development12/2/2025
Full Bill Text
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